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JfantiMistfQr published nr AENJAMIN LIDDON. T. A. BURKE, EDITOR. MADISON, OA.: SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 185 G. News of the Week. Three European steamers have arrived s' nee our last issue—the Atlantic, Arabia and Cambria —but the news is unimpor tant. Cotton had advanced one-eighth of a penny. Breadstuff's had also slightly ad vanced, and trade was generally brisk. The political news is interesting, but not very important. The To’ies are endeav oring to overthrow the Palmerston Ad ministration. l’nssin is determined to re fer the dispute concerning the Isle of Ser pents to the approaching Paris Conference. England has sent a menacing note to (he King of Naples; but Franco has refused to concur with her. Spain has increased the pay of her army. Lord Clarendon's broth er (lion. C. P. Villieiv) will be appointed Minister at Washington. Wo could fill our pa or with Kansas news, of the most exciting character— principally details of what we gave in sub stance last week. W'e are instilled to take many of these Mood and thunder stories cum grano sails. The Illinoisan was not far wrong when lie pronounced “ three thirds of the despatches from Kansas lies, and two thirds falsehoods hut we dare say there is some truth in them. We rather think somebody’s hound to he hurl in the end. From California, we have late news by the George Law. The Vigilance Commit tee has boon disbanded, and Judge Terry ; discharged from custody. All the prison «crs have been released, and quiet restored. Business prospects were improving, mid | operations in the mines exceedingly pros gierous. Since writing the nbovo wc have receiv ed intelligence of the arrival of tlie Asia, with threo days later news. Cotton had advanced from 1-10 to 1 Bd. Nothing else of importance. er Wo surrender most of our space this week to correspondents—lint our readers lose nothing by it. Next week wo shall give a charming article from a fair correspondent who signs herself Ji:.\\\ y Woodbine. She writes on the subject of Lore and Marriage, and writes well, too. Wo hope to hear from her often. We shall publish soon a capital story from our Iriend and correspondent Siiana — next week, may lie. We hope to hear again from our fair friends, Piieue Pknekatiieu, Susie Snowdrop, and Piieue Lamwki.i., in reply to Joiinii: Jonqi il. Givo him fits. To Correspondents. Jenny Woodbine. Thunk you for your favor on Love and Marriage. It shall ap pear next week. Do let us hoar from you frequently. The versos of 1 Sadi’ and 1 M. N. E.’ are respectfully declined. J. J. J. All right—semi m the papers lay return mail. Shall write you in a day or two. Religious Revivals. Wo are glad to learn that quite mi inter esting meeting is progressing at tlie Bap tist Church, in this town. Considerable revivals have been going on, for a week or two past, al Sngir Creek <Baptist) and Harmony and Corinth (Meth odist) Churches, in this county. Quite a number have professed religion and attach ed themselves to the churches. A Big Potato. Our friend, Wxr. Burney, Jr., of this town, lias given us n sweet potato, of this year’s growth, measuring near 12 inches in length and 9in circumference. It is of the species usually known ns the lied Itcnnnda. A pretty good potato, for this season. Chin any of our friends beat it? ll' so, bring them along, and they shall have a showing. lion. A. It. I.ongstieet. The distinguished author of “ Georgia Scenes, spent several days of the present, week in our town, lie looks remarkably well. Slid Occuri'cueo. A difficulty oeeured at thickhead, in this county, on Saturday last, which resulted in the death of a negro hoy named Green the property of Mrs. Kiiv.mks. It appears that Mrs. lb’s soil, a young lad about four teen years of age, and the . negro commen ced throwing water-melon rinds at each other in sport. In a short time stones were subfltnted, one of which struck the negro on the temple, killing him instantly. Hie negro boy was about seventeen years old. Skeleton found. A human skeleton was found in the fod der house of Col. \Ym. StAi.uxgs, near Kutledgo, in this county, on Tuesday last. It was almost entirely decomposed—so much so as to render recognition impossi ble. A neighboring physician gave as his opinion, after examination, Unit it was the skeleton of a negro and had been there for months—probably since last winter. Editorial Accession. Col. J. W. Duncan, formerly of Mil ledgeville, has purchased one half of the Atlanta Intelligencer , and that paper is uow published by Buggies & Duncan. The Territory of Nebraska. There has liecn so much excitement about Kansas, that most persons have al most entirely lost sight of its neighbor— Nebraska—covering as it does an area of 330,000 square miles, or 221,000,000 acres —more than five times as large as Georgia, and one ninth of the entire territory of the United States. A correspondent of the liichmond Examiner gives an interesting account of the territory, from which we gather the following-facts: The size of the territory has been stated above! It lies between 40 and 49 degrees N. latitude, and is the geographical centre of the Union. It is washed by one of the largest rivers of the world, and has a steamboat navigation of over 2000 miles, while the fertility of the soil is said to lie unsurpassed, if equalled, by any other country on earth. Corn, wheat, potatoes, oats and hemp al! grow luxuriantly—and crops arc said to yield, per hand, from SIOOO to SI2OO per annum. The hemp culture is more profitable than any other crop raised in the com.try. Farmers in Missouri are making, by the hand, from S7OO to SBOO per annum, without interfer ing materially with their other crops. It costs scarcely anything to raise horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. Ail kinds of poul try do well, while game, such as deer, wild turkeys, prairie hens, See., is abun dant. The climate is dry and bracing,ffnd the water as pure as can lie found. The winters are cold, hut dry, with but little snow; the summers short, with cool and pleasant nights. About 5 o’clock in the evening a delightful breeze sets in from the Ifocky Mountains, which continues all night, rendering a blanket quite pleasant. The country is rolling; no stagnant pools of water, no miasma, and consequently no fevers. ! Mechanics of every description find ready work at prices varying from $3 to 's7 per day. Hundreds of the most lovely | town sites are to lie found from the Kansas river to the Yellow Stone, on the western bank of tiio Missouri, and towns are springing up like magic. Those on the western bank flourish, and are built up more rapidly than on tlie eastern bank, because all the produce raised west of the river must find its way to the river for shipment. The farmers live together in towns—after the manner of the Swiss— instead of being isolated on their farms. This causes more sociability, and accounts for the number and beauty of tiio towns and villages. Tiio present Governor of Kansas is Mark W. lzzard, a Kentuckian by birth, but appointed I rum Arkansas. The territorial court is composed of Fer guson, ot Michigan, (chief justice); Brad ley u! Indiana, and Harden of Georgia. The correspondent of the Examiner thinks any person of energy and prudence can make money in Nebraska. Lunds pur chased at government prices, command in a short time from $lO to SSO per hero— llloso in and near the towns even going beyond this. Everything is done on the cash principle. The people are dispos’d to lie moral ami religious, and have preach-'* ingat Omaha threo lilnes on Sunday, to large andattentive congregations. Good schools have already been provided, and edlieationis receiving a large share of at tention. \Yc have no doubt this account is highly colored. We have seen letters within two months, however, Irom an old friend in I Nebraska, giving the most flattering ne j counts of the lands, climate, See. Soiilli j erncrs, who have been accustomed to a j warm climate, will find the winters too cold, but not a great deal more so than ia Kansas. Judge Hardin, during iiis late visit to Geo gin, said many tilings in favor and some others against. Nebraska, lie objected to tiio winters, principally on ac count of the cold winds, which blow nearly all the time. There is no probability that Georgians or Southerners will emigrate to Nebraska, in any number, as it will undoubtedly be a free State. We have thought, however, that some account of it might not lie un interesiing to our readers. Itlatiniiouial. “Me have receiv'd an advertisement from Mr. I’crham, the great Gift Lottery map, lor which he proposes to pay us in tickets. Among the rare prizes displayed for the lucky or unliuky winners, are two or three marriageable girls, w ith a num ber of thousand dollars, whom tiio winner can marry, if botli parties desire it. Hav ing entered into one matrimonial enter prise, which has proved highly satisfacto ry to us, we respectfully decline investing. Perhaps brother Burke, of the Visitor, would like to take a few cha||es.”— Cher okee Georgian. We thank our brother Atkinson for his kind suggestion, but beg to be excused. Me have read of a certain fox, who, after hiving lost iiis caudal appendage, labored very industriously to persuade iiis com panions that it was “just tin tiling.” M’e liavo no doubt that brother Atkinson, and such others ot our brethren of the quill as are numbered with the Benedicts are anx ious to get us into the samo scrape; but we 11 refer)iWcondition of single blessed ness. We admit that it is'quite Irvin’- to the nerves of a bachelor to live in the im mediate vicinity of so much beauty as can he seen in our little town; but w e manage by bard struggling to get through with it. Like Hamlet, we think it better to V Bear the ills we have, Than «tli« rs that wc know not of.” 1 Jut,seriously, we shouldn't like toilraw one ot Mr. Perl mm’s “ marriageable girls, ’ if wo had a chance; the dollars we shouldn’t object to. Marriage is said to be a lottery, but when we determine to in vest, we 1 1 ad rather do it nearer home. His “ marriageable girls” are, without ques tion, ugly, cross old maids—else why put themselves up for all creation to draw for l M’e are sure they would be the hardest kind of hard bargains, with tlm dollars. For the Visitor. “I)o Women Reason ?” It seems that JonxiE Jonquil has excited an unusual degree of wrath among the la dies, by asserting that “women do not reason.” Well, lam almost afraid to be come an ally of the gentleman; for if bis one article ha# aroused so much spirit, there is no telling what will be the effect of .another’s taking the same ground. I do not mean to assert, or bo under stood as believing, that “women have no sonls,” or that they are entirely destitute of reasoning powers; but I am of opinion that, as a class, woman is “ not capable of deep analysis or of prolonged research.” I di<l “hear Bishop Pierce’s eloquent de fence of woman.” It teas an eloquent de fence ; but I think tlie Bishop was only debuting aw the affirmative side. He ac knowledges that she lias never yet shown herself capable of deep research, but to a certain extent attributes this to the fact that circumstances have required her to devote much time to little tilings. As to the vapid nonsense and fulsome flattery with which men are compelled to insult her good taste and good sense, 1 have only to say, that men are apt, when in so ciety, to adapt themselve; in conversation to 11 ic capacities of those to whom they are talking. Now if vapid nonsense is so disagreeable, why is it not banished at once from the conversation of the Indies? Do wc address an old person of dignified manners and of superior attainments wit h nonsense and in a frivolous manner? No! unless we wish to be charged with a want ol sense. 'Hie truth is tiio ladies want nonsense, and if you talk muon ably to them, you xvill find the empty headed cox comb preferred to yourself. Education does n great deal, and it. is to bo hoped will bo theTiiemis of banishing the present topics of conversation which men arc obliged to adopt when in tiio society of women. Piieue Lamwki.i. says, “and should she attempt to change the conversation to a more interesting topic, she is at once si lenced by a shrug of the shoulders or the more opprobrious epithet of Blue Stock ing.” The difficulty which is here pre sented is natural, and is likely to occur, for when a woman is learned and smart, and attempts to show off*, it is disagreen alde, and she will he classed with llie Blue Stockings. The same remark may he applied to men. If one attempts to show what lie knows, and is continually thrusting il forward, lie will lie put down ns n pedant and a Imre. But cannot one have knowledge and let il shine, without exhibiting pedantry? Wit limit doubt. I believe with most, men (lint woman is “ intellectually man’s inferior.” Now and then you meet Avitli or hear of a great wo man ; hut they are few, and none have ret renched a position as high as our first rate men. Ido not wish her nature changed, but lovelier for just what she is. A wo man never loves a man unless she thinks 1 1 iin her superior- mentally as well as physically. This very disposition to look up to and depend upon her husband for protection, constitutes her ehiefest happi ness; and tlie tact that she As dependent upon him for protection, draws out Irom the husband's heart a store of lore which nothing else could develop. Oconee. Madison, Geo. For the Visitor. “ Do Women Reason ?” M hen I promulged the doctrine, three or four weeks ago, that the fair sex were not capable of reasoning, il was not, let me assure you, without fear niid trembling. I knew tiio dear creatures would take the negative, ami that my poor head stood a chance for many a hard lick. Tlie-sequel has proved mv judgment correct. But 1 must say, sir, that they are a little more given to hard words than 1 had anticipa ted. M hat shall Ido ? If I heat a preci pitate retreat—back out w tliout so much ns firing a gun, after having opened tlie contest, I shall—and justly too—subject myself to the charge of cowardice. If on tlie other hand I fight valiantly and use the weapons at my command, I shall, I fear, lie called a very ungallant fellow. The truth is, sir, that I am a little fearful of Hie consequences, and most heartily wish, like valorous and honest. Sancho Panzn, 1 were out of it, Avitli whole bones. 1 had hoped that somewhat in tiio way of argument would be offered by those avlio sought to answer my position. But— and I say it with the utmost respect for my fair opponents—l have been subjected to most grievous disappointment. Susie Snowdrop initiates t;io warfare. Now. sir, I am the last mau to say might that enn bo considered disrespectful to the fair sex. I repeat that I love them all the better for tho very faults—if they are faults—which I attribute to them. Thus much lest Miss Susie and other fair oppo nents shall think me intentionally rude. Susie writes very pretty verses, Mr. Editor, and is, I dare say, a sweet little creature, "lien in good humor; but her temper "as, I dure say, a little above concert Ditch when she penned that “genteel bast ing Avliicli another of my fair friends thought was so richly deserved. Well, I am disposed to make excuses for her. Maybe her beau had looked at some other fair, or the piekle-jar was empty. I n ei ther ease, the cause was sufficient to pro duce even a greater outburst. She gene rously offers to 2'ukx me with a jiohr~ to comb my head (with a stool, I snppose,) and to perforin various other kind offices for me. I wouldn’t give her so much trouble for tlie world. But Susie, with all her benevolent offers and good wishes for my happiness, doesn’t touch the mat ter at issue, and so I pass on. Piieiie Pexfeatiieb quietly remarks that I have brought forward no argument to sustain my side. What’s the use? Isn’t the thing too plain to cull for argument ? j As well require me to prove that the sun j sluiies, or water runs down hill. Tlie tiling is self-evident, and tiio best proof of j my position is that neither Pliebc nor any of her sister correspondents lias brought j forward any rebutting testimony. Could j f ask for a better argument than that j three of the sex have attempted to reason | on tiiis subject and failed? But I give j them credit for great ingenuity—they i have done all that is possible in the prem- j I’liebe’s reason for wearing small bon nets is sui generis. Vie wear small ones, says she, because our mothers woro large ones. There’s reasoning for yon. But again, “you know tee trould not lool: well without something on our heads.” Just so; but you don’t mean to say that bonnets are worn on tlie head now-a days! M’hy not come out fairly and squarely and say, “We wear them be eauso they are fashionable!” That is the only shadow of a reason to be given in tlie matter. Bat I shall have more to say on this subject of dress directly. Lastly conies Piieue Lamwei.i.. Gra cious! what a name! Sliakspearc says, “there’s nothing in a name,” lmt don’t you believe it. 1 can see broomsticks and vengeance sticking out of this one, as plain ns Macbeth ever saw I lie dagger—supposed I>3’ some of later days to have been a dag gcr-o-type. Hiss Lam well admits that she never saw my article—but only read Susie Snowdrop's strictures on it. M’cll, that’s candid, anyhow. A reader is as likely to get a proper idea of my article, from read ing Susie’s reply, as a man in the last sta ges of consumption would be to got cured by carrying a medical almanac in his pocket. She evidently misapprehends me entirely, and in several particulars does mo great, injustice. She assumes that J have made a furious onslaught upon the sex, and said all sorts of hard things of them, when the contrary is true. I insisted that what I said was just so much in their favor — that t hey were the more charming and en gaging on account of thi;i absence cf rea soning powers. But 1 have no time to reply to her as sertions. She quotes irom Bishop Pierce, and if I admitted his speculations ns evi dence, her ease would bo made out. But with ali my respect for tho Bishop—and that is n>l small—l can’t do Hiis. Phebe writes well, but doesn't prove her point. But, Mr. Editor, I am willing to acknow ledge that there are certain of the sex who make a certain approach to reason, pretty mueli as there are certain animals which show a tendency to the power of speech. From tiiis small but interesting minority, you may sometimes get as much as an ad mission that it. is foolish to be always stumbling on one's skirts, when their be ing an inch shorter would spare the inoon veniciicy; or to wear a bonnet which is neither a protection friur tho cold in win ter nor the heat in summer. But they all plead helplessness ns to a remedy: they must follow the fashion. Now isn't, this a fresh argument in my favor? Tho poor dear creature confesses herself the slave of a filing utterly foolish and contemptible. She lias not—and she frankly owns it— the moral courage to put between her nose and tlie sun, an inch of needful silk, unless the tiling he countenanced by Hie multi tude. it Madame Bon ton, her milliner, tells her that soup-draggling sleeves are the fashion, she declares site can he the martyr to bear, but not the martyr to re sist. Could there lie a more expressive or affecting proof of that beautiful defect which gives the dear creatures such a won derfully fascinating power over us? Pro pose to a man that lie should have always i something flapping here, and some other thing sticking out there, troubling and in conveniencing him at every moment of liis life, without being of the smallest use or j benefit to him, and lie would kick the im j pertinence away from him in a moment’ ! probably with a few of those cursory re marks which the rational sex are apt to make about such things. But the “creature that does not reason, and who pokes the fire from tlie top,” submits to everything of tho kind which you may impose upon her, without even so much as a murmur. Sweet weakness! charming etonrderie! amiable patience 1 Never can ire hope to rival it. Johxie Jonquil. Madison, Geo. For tlie Visitor. Conscience. It lias long been a mooted question whether conscience is innate or acquired. Dr. Paley, eminent for bis intellectual powers, contends that conscience is ac quired, while nearly every other writer on moral philosophy takes the opposite side. Perhaps it would not he uninteresting to examine the subject, briefly, and see which side is sustained by arguments. From a survey of the field, we are hound to side against Dr. Paley; and for so doing wo offer a few reasons: “Every man has a sense of right and wrong, and the sum or aggregate of these notions wo term conscience;” or “con science is that law within whose dictates we are bound to obey.” It lias also been called by some tho “moral sense.” To prove that every man has this idea of right and wrong, we have only to refer tu our own experience and that of others. Moreover, there is not an instance on re cord in which a sound-minded man did not, at tlie first transgressions of the dic tates of conscience, feel its pangs. Even when hardened by innumerable sins, con science still operates upon tlie sinner, anil often causes him to repent and mourn over his misdeeds. The heathen shows signs of conscience when he violates certain great laws designed for man’s government. If tlie above be true, every man lias a conscience. Now if it be acquired, as contended by Dr. Paley, tiiere must be certain circumstances surrounding “ the person in question,” from which it is ac quired. But it is highly probable that these circumstances would occasionally fail to surround the individual, and he would be deployed of any conscience— which can never lie true ot any one, for we have proven its universality. Again, children in their earliest years exhibit unmistakable signs of the workings of this monitor within; and, we repeat, this occurs before tlie mind is capable of being taught the consequences of action. How can this be accounted for by tlie the ory of the acquirement of conscience? It is a fact inexplicable by any other theory than that of its inuateness. M’e must not he understood as saying that children ex hibit ns strong evidences of the existence of tiiis guide of all onr actions as those who are older, and have cultivated it in every possible way; but that this monitor is not wanting to them, although its work ings may offer but feeble proof of its exist ence. If this fact be proven, we repeat, the innateness of conscience is established. Again, the sense of obligation to do -iglif, which a man feels under the work ings of conscience, has reference, with more or less distinctness, to the will of God. “ Whatever cried be taught, or land be trod, Mali’s conscience is the oracle of (iod.” This faculty of tlie mind, if we may be allowed the expression, seems to he the one chosen by Deity, upon which His Spirit may operate. Wherever a man may be—whatever his religious faith—to whatever nation lie may belong—whatev er may he his position in society, whether king or subject— whenever he violates the law written upon his heart, (that man has a law written upon his heart, can he proved by the Bible.) he first hears the whisperings of an injured conscience; and should he persist, he is sure to feel the shocks of its mighty thunders. It will rise in all its majesty and warn him loud ly of iiis danger, mid the sting will he the more powerful. Then, since conscience warns us ot a future state, (which none will deny,) it must he immortal, of divine origin; for if it were acquired, why does it warn as of our immortality, since none ot man’s other acquirements do such tilings? Ihe role is and must be general. Man’s acquirements fit him only fur living happier on earth, while conscience pre pares him for a happy eternity. 1 Inis wo see tlie objects of tlie one nre entirely different from the objects of the other; consequently they must spring from different sources: tlie one from man—the other from God. Fred. Oxford, Ga. j- O.MMUMCATED.] What is She worth? .1 coMPosmox. The interrogatory which lias become so common at tlie present day, and which doubtless originated from pure motives, lias become so modified and restricted in its meaning, that il is really disgusting to any one of good taste and nice perceptions t" hear it. The good old meaning of the phrase or question “What is lie or she worth?” I have no doubt was well under stood by Dr. 'Webster, tlie author of (be Alltel icon Dictionary, who has defined the word “ worth” to bo “ that quality of a thing which renders it useful; value of mental qualities; excellence; virtue; use fulness; possession.” But avarice, that inordinate and insatiable desire for gain ing and possessing wedtli, has induced the moderns, especially of the upper-ten class, to confine its signification almost entirely to the amount of property which has been amassed. 'Finis the question, “ What is lie or she worth ?’’ has become equivalent to “Is lie or she rich?” And if yon would know tho virtues that are possessed by any one, you must ask if he or she is wor thy, or explain your interrogatory, before you can be understood and answered in a proper or satisfactory manner. This limited meaning, or rather depar ture from the original meaning, is general ly received and adopted hy old and young ot both sexes. Among the voters of our country, a man is scarcely considered eli gible to office unless lie is rich, and can ride around and electioneer in a tine car riage or two-horse buggy. Among the older people, a jierson can scarcely have any iullnence in the practical attains of his neighborhood unless lie is rich and can make an ostentatious show among them. In either case it is very low and ridiculous, and more so, I think, because they arc old enough to know better. With the girls it matters but little, if any, what thick headed numbskull,what crack-brained, hol low hearted, rum-soaked, red-eyed, bloat ed-faced, card-playing, hairy-lipped fop he may be, if he has the dimes and curly heads. Oh! wliat delusion! And how much better is it among the young gentle men at the present day ? Let one become acquainted with a young lady, and lie im mediately enquires, “ What is she worth ?” meaning thereby, “Is she rich?” If an swered in the affirmative, lie will exclaim, “Oh 1 she is the gal for meand off they go with some liatched-up excuse to seek the pleasure of her acquaintance. Vain man! lie cares not how abominably ugly, igno rant, cross, snappish, vain, thoughtless, proud, haughty or extravagant a coquette she may he, especially if her old father is dead, and left her a largo amount of ready money, when he departed this life. In single blessedness, neither one of them thinks to ask if the other is worthy—mean ing, What virtues, talents, education, moral training, temper, judgment, or domestic qualities and attainments, are possessed. Doubtless from this want of reason and proper enquiry arise so many 'unhappy matches, family feuds, and social disasters, disquieted homes and divorces. Matrimo ny, my young friends, is a lifetime busi ness, and I would advise you to ponder and weigh the subject well before you make that long and dangerous leap, lest you be “ unequally yoked with unbeliev ers.” Sabah J. Tnoxrsos. Salem Academy , Claris Cos. (la. Pen-and-Scissorings. We learn from the Cassville Standard that Rev. Mr. Mell has not accepted the Presidency of the College at that place. ... .Gen. Walker has given orders to close all the drinking shops in Granada. No more liquor can be obtained there for love or money... .There was a heavy frost in the vicinity of laifayette, la., last week, which did considerable injury to some fields of corn... .Dr. Kane, of Arctic ex pedition fame, is now sojourning at otic of the water cures, Brattleboro’, Vt. ... The Macon Messenger mentions the dis covery of a valuable mineral spring in the county of Sumter, ten miles from Aineri cus.... The car factory of Messrs. D. & It. it. Piker, just outside the city limits of Charleston, was destroyed by fire on Wed nesday last. According to the Charles ton Courier, the cotton crop of the United States, for the years 1855-’56 amounts to 3,524,242 bales... .Joseph Morissev, a na tive of Tipperary, Ireland, committed sui cide in Atlanta, on Friday, the 12tli inst. W. I’. Fain, who lias returned to Georgia from Kansas, on private business, will leave Calhoun, Georgia, on the 18th inst., and invites all disposed, to accompa ny him to Kansas... .There arc now four tickets in the field iu Massachusetts—the Whig, the Democrat, the Republican, and American... .The Springfield (Mass.) lie publican recommends Charles Sumner for Governor of that State.... It is supposed tluit Hamlin's majority as Go.eruor of Maine will be 17,000... .The grand jury of Coweta county condemn, in their pre sentments, the practice of removing or “running off” negroes who have commit ted capital offences.... Mr. Win. 1. Gray, of Decatur county, committed suicide on the 28lh ult, by shooting himself. .. .Ste phen Coma, a free negro, has I teen detect ed, in Mobile, Ala., in circulating abolition documents, and ordered to leave the city in two days.... The Charleston Courier announces the death, by yellow fever, of the Pcv. .1. A. Shanklin, late pastor of St. Peter’s Church, in that city, and the senior of the editorial committee in charge of the Southern rijihcoihdu.n. He was a native o! Pendleton District, S. C., and commen ced his pastoral labors in Macon. ...It is rumored that Gen. Harney has been or dered to Florida, in command of the troO]is operating against the Indians.. .".Theodore Hook once said to a man, at whose table a publisher got very drunk, "Why, you appear to have emptied your icinc-celtur into your hool'-seller .... A scald or burn can be easily cured by the use of Perry Davis’s Vegetable Pain Killer. It is equally effectual iu curing headache, pain in the stomach or bowels, dysentery, diar rlio'.a, and cholera.... The first daily news paper printed iu Virginia was in 1780, and the subscription price was SSO per annum.... Mr. Macaulay, it appears, lias gone to Venice for change of climate and scene, but will devote himself to bis His tory on bis return.. .The man who “couldn’t stand it any longer,” lias taken a seat, and now feels quite comfortable.... There are three hundred and fifty-live pub lishers in the United States, two thousand booksellers, fifteen thousand printers, and rive hundred bookbinders... .Somesearch ing mind has discovered that Paris con sumes daily some two billion cups of cof fee!.— A sick cobbler must be regarded as being well when lie begins to mend.... Bishop Pierce left for Kansas last week, to hold a Mission Conference there. .. .Dr. 1\ m. J. Holt has just returned to Augusta, after an absence of upwards of four years, which lie spent in the Russian service, in the Crimea, in the capacity of surgeon.... Why is an egg like a colt ? Because it is not fit for' use until it is broken... .Doug las jerrold, the eminent author, is about to visit the United States on a lecturing tour.... One thousand pounds of wafers are used by the House of Representatives, at Washington, in a single session... .One hundred millions of dollars’ worth of hav will bo raised in tho United States this year—equal in value to the cotton crop. A female physician iu Philadelphia advertises that it is “her particular spe ciality to cure all affections of the heart.” The first printing press set up in America was worked at Cambridge, Mass., in 1639 France lost 40,000 out of her 200,000 soldiers engaged in the Russian war.... The Collins line of steamers re ceives $858,000 a year for carrying the mail.... The fact that diseased lungs, even in the middle and latter stages of Con sumption, have been cured, in repeated in stances, by Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cher ry, can be substantiated by proof.. The printer who has nobody but “ the devil” to pay may think himself lucky Hon. E. A. Nisbet lias published a letter, giving his reasons for supporting Buchanan Hon. Garnett Andrews declares hi3 prefer ence for Fillmore The National Whig Convention at Baltimore, has nominated Fillmore and Donnelson. Twenty five States were represented. Kansas News. St. Louis, Sept. 12.—Gen. Rich ardson, of the Kansas territorial militia has been captured by a freesoil hand, but was liberated by Lane. Great alarm was felt at Leavenworth City, in appre hension of an attack by Lane, which was rumored as iu contemplation. Gen. P. F. Smith had ordered four companies of the United States forces to protect the place. Lane was still at Lawrence, with no indications of intention to leave that town. Chicago, Sept. 12.— Private letters received here from Kansas state that Lane was meditating an attack on West port, Kansas City and Independence, Mo. Gov. Geary lias reached his field of duty. St. Louis, Sept. 10. — Intelligence has reached here that the Missourians have fled from Westport, fearing an attack from the forces led on by the notorious Jim Lane. Slavery and Cotton. At the late meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in the section devoted to Eco nomic Science and Statistics, Mr. Bau son read a paper on the connection be tween American Slavery and the British Cotton Manufacture. The paper consist ed of a series of propositions, of which the follow ing is a short resume: First, that cotton, from the conditions of cli mate necessary to its culture, cannot bo grown in Europe; but that, with the single and not unimportant exception of the patriots in the New England States of America, it is, and must long contin ue to l>e, manufactured almost exclusive ly in Europe ; secondly, that the present supply is chiefly raised, and for the pres ent must continue to be raised, by slave labor; seeing that, while for fifty years we have sought over the whole earth for cotton, wo have during that lime contin ued to obtain from the Slave States of the American Union a continually increas- ing ptoporion of our entire supply; thirdly, that two-thirds in number at least of the population of the United States have been called into existence, and are now directly or indirectly main tained lor the supply of cotton for export ation ; fourthly, that of the cotton thus exported three-fourths at least are raised for and tent to this country alone ; and fib lily, that of the entile quantity wo import, four-fifths at least in value aro thus derived from the United States. Each of those propositions was supported bv tabular accounts extracted from tbo public records of this country and tbo United States, and the conclusion was explained thus: That hence, in tbe pres ent state of the commercial relations of the two countries, the cotton planters of the United States are interested to tbo extent of two-thirds at least of their entire exportable produce in the main tenance ot the cotton manufacture of the L uited Kingdom, and reciprocally the cotton manufacturers of the United Kingdom, and through them the entire population ot the United Kingdom, are interested to the extent, of more than four tilths of the raw material of that manufacture in the existing arrange- J incnts for maintaining tho cotton eulturo I of the United States. Si/' I lie Huntsville Jndetjxmdcnt, of the oth, says that on Sunday’ evening last, die passenger train on the Memphis it Charleston Railroad made its first run west of 1 use.umLia. The train now runs regularly between eight and nine miles towards Memphis, where it meets the stages from Pocahontas. The cars will extend their trips as the track laying progresses at both ends of the gap be tween Pocahontas and Tuscumbia. We are informed by an offieer of the road, that it is confidently expected that the cars will be running through from Ste venson to meinphis by the Ist. February. Ni:w Arrangement upon R.R, Cars. We notice that the Richmond Railroad Company have adopted anew arrange ment lor giving notice to passengers of their arrival at the different stations along the route. It consists of a series of vases upon which are painted the names oftbe stations in disliuct letters. The [conduc tor, upon the arrival of the train asabovq simply pulls a cord, and the vane wWfl the proper name upon it falls to the view 9 of the passengers. They are arrangedH in succession and cannot cause mistake-1 Heretofore the conductor’s lungs wereiaH use for this purpose. W heat. — It is stated as an evidence 11 of the abundance prevailing, notwbb'U standing the high price of flour, that tb«H Virginia Central Railroad has been uns-1 ble to supply cars enough to transport J§ to market the wheat and other produce m offered at its depots, S3T It is said the buckwheat cropolß New Jersey promises to be very heavy* but the potatoes will be short, owing the rot,